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A coach points while speaking to players wearing lacrosse uniforms.

Are high school sports living up to their ideals?

Jedediah Blanton, University of Tennessee and Scott Pierce, Illinois State University

Supporting religious diversity on campus is a surprising consensus among faculty across the red-blue divide

Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University

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Latin American literature contains warnings for American universities that yield to Trump

Charlotte Rogers, University of Virginia

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Why America still needs public schools

Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University and Joseph P. Tomain, University of Cincinnati

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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Michael Vazquez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michael Prinzing, Wake Forest University

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AI and Education

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At one elite college, over 80% of students now use AI – but it’s not all about outsourcing their work

Germán Reyes, Middlebury

Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what does this mean for schools?

Jennifer L. Steele, American University

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AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose

Naomi S. Baron, American University

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Generative AI is coming to the workplace, so I designed a business technology class with AI baked in

Camille Banger, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define

Daniel S. Schiff, Purdue University; Arne Bewersdorff, Technical University of Munich, and Marie Hornberger, Technical University of Munich

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Higher education

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College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened

Sam Wineburg, Stanford University

Why universities are hiring more chief marketing officers – even as budgets shrink

Prachi Gala, Kennesaw State University

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Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare

Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University

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The paradox of pluralism: How college shapes students’ views of other religions

Ilana Horwitz, Tulane University and Jenny Small, Brandeis University

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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will

Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University

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K-12 education

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Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning

Deborah L. Schussler, University at Albany, State University of New York

AI is taking hold in K-12 schools – here are some ways it can improve teaching

Michael G. Kozak, Drexel University

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Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

Hilary Lustick, UMass Lowell

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PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs

Rebecca Dore, The Ohio State University

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Fixing Michigan’s teacher shortage isn’t just about getting more recruits

Gail Richmond, Michigan State University

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Sports & athletics

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NCAA will pay its current and former athletes in an agreement that will transform college sports

Joshua Lens, University of Iowa

High school sports are losing athletes to private clubs, but schools can keep them by focusing on character development

Mark Rerick, University of North Dakota

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Student-athletes find more power in the changing legal landscape of college sports

Joshua Lens, University of Iowa

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Students with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports

Megan MacDonald, Oregon State University

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How Black male college athletes deal with anti-Black stereotypes on campus

Jonathan Howe, Temple University

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Families & parenting

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Getting beyond answers like ‘fine’ and ‘nothing’: 5 simple ways to spark real talk with kids

Shelbie Witte, University of North Dakota

Teen drivers face unique challenges during ‘100 deadliest days’ of summer, but safety measures can make a difference

Shannon Roberts, UMass Amherst and Anuj Kumar Pradhan, UMass Amherst

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Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care

Elizabeth Sharda, Hope College

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About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

Melissa Melough, University of Delaware

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Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show

Lisa McKenzie, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Nicole Deziel, Yale University

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Uncommon Courses

Women in STEM face challenges and underrepresentation – this course gives them tools to succeed

Filomena Nunes, Michigan State University

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Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime

Ronald S. Green, Coastal Carolina University

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AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first

Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Schools are harnessing artificial intelligence to revolutionize courses in hospitality management

Betsy Pudliner, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Some of the most interesting and innovative courses on campus

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